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Best Practices in NC (13.0 CME credits)

Overall Description

This On Demand activity is comprised of sessions and presentations from the Core Track of the live ASNC2017 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting September 14-17, 2017 in Kansas City, MO. The focus is to showcase current best practices when performing nuclear cardiology imaging studies that include strategies for reducing radiation dose and applications of appropriate use criteria in the clinical practice.

In order to maintain competence and improve performance for best patient outcomes, imaging professionals must assimilate and integrate knowledge spanning multiple areas, including clinical data, technical aspects of imaging, and appropriate application of imaging (e.g., clinical guidelines and appropriate use criteria). Each of these areas is constantly evolving, particularly as innovative technologies and novel pharmacologic agents are introduced.

Overall Purpose: The overall goal of this activity is to enhance physician knowledge, competence and skills in applications about appropriate use criteria, radiation safety, reporting, and lab performance in using appropriate guidelines-based treatment.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate improved skills in image interpretation and reporting

Learn how to recognize and minimize technical problems and artifacts that may
be associated with cardiac imaging

Learn the appropriate use of cardiac imaging techniques based on current
guidelines

Learn the importance of balancing radiation exposure with image quality

Target Audience

This online activity is intended for cardiologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, and other health care professionals involved in the field of nuclear cardiology.

Accreditation and Continuing Education Credit

Physicians: The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

As an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredited continuing medical education (CME) provider, ASNC must insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its continuing medical education activities. In order to achieve these goals, we require everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose to us all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. These relationships are those in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g. stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected. We also consider relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. With respect to personal financial relationships, ‘contracted research’ includes research funding where the institution receives the grant and manages the funds and the person is the principal or named investigator on the grant. Relevant financial relationships are financial relationships with commercial interests in the 12-month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content of the CME activity. In addition, should it be determined that a conflict of interest exists as a result of a financial relationship a planner or a speaker may have, it will be resolved prior to the activity. ASNC also requires that all faculty presenters disclose their intent to discuss any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and/or devices during their presentations.

The following individuals have stated that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that produces health care goods or services, including computer software/hardware, related to the content of the educational presentation in which they are involved:

DisclaimerThe information in this activity represents the opinion of the faculty and is not necessarily the official position of ASNC.

Policy on Off Label Use

Presentations may include discussion of drugs or devices, or uses of drugs or devices, that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or have been approved by the FDA for specific uses only. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the FDA clearance status of each drug or device he or she wishes to use in clinical practice. ASNC is committed to the free exchange of medical education. Inclusion of any discussion in this program, including discussion on off-label uses, does not imply an endorsement by ASNC of the uses, products or techniques presented. Presenters are required to disclose to the learners, if there is any off-label usage within the presentation.

Method of Participation and CME CertificatesTo receive CME credit for this product, you must:

Purchase the product.

Read the CME front matter.

View the session(s) of your choosing.

Click the CE Information tab on individual sessions,
and the Test button.

Complete the post-test. Your must score 75% to earn credit. You may take the test as many times as you need to score 75%.

When you are finished watching the session of your choosing, your certificate will reflect the total accumulated credits from the session. Generate and print your CME certificate.

If you would like a transcript, or a breakdown of all credits claimed across all the ASNC2017 content, visit the My Account area and click on the tab on the left labeled Certificates and Transcripts. As you take more sessions, this transcript will automatically update with the additional credtis.

Estimated time to complete this activity 13 hours.

Medium or Combination of Medium Used:This is an on demand activity with slides synchronized with audio.

Commercial AcknowledgementThis activity has not received commercial support